klapper

See also: Klapper

English

Etymology

Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).

Noun

klapper (plural klappers)

  1. The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
    • 1939, Eugène Marais, My Friends the Baboons (translated):
      Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.

Danish

Verb

klapper

  1. present of klappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑ.pər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: klap‧per
  • Rhymes: -ɑpər

Etymology 1

From klappen (to clap; to talk; to shut with a clap) + -er.

Noun

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

  1. clapper (one who claps/applauds)
  2. ring binder
    Synonym: ringband
  3. (archaic) gossip, chatterbox
    Synonyms: klepper, roddelaar
  4. Something that has a big impact or is successful; a big hit.
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: klapchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Indonesian kelapa.

Noun

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

  1. (Netherlands) coconut
    Synonyms: klappernoot, kokosnoot
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

klapper

  1. inflection of klappern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

klapper

  1. present of klappe

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from klappra (to clatter).

Noun

klapper n

  1. clatter (repeated, short, sharp, non-reverbant sounds)
    klappret från hästarnas hovar mot asfalten
    the clatter of the horses' hooves against the asphalt

Declension

Declension of klapper 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative klapper klappret
Genitive klappers klapprets

Noun

klapper c

  1. rounded, often roughly fist-sized stones (formed by the action of water at a (sometimes former, due to post-glacial land uplift) beach)
    Synonym: klappersten

Declension

Declension of klapper 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative klapper klappern
Genitive klappers klapperns

Derived terms

See also

References

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